Alexandra Scott wishes she were just another normal 12-year-old girl. But she knows she isn't normal-she can run faster, climb higher and hold her breath longer than all of her friends. She never gets sick, not even a cold, and she hardly needs any sleep. She's never understood why until she met a new boy in her Tae Kwon Do class who seems to know more about her than he should. All of a sudden, a mysterious old man is following her, and her nights are filled with vivid dreams that are more real than she's ever experienced. After she's nearly killed in a freak accident, she learns the truth...